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in 2007, president bush ordered him to take command in iraq and in 2010 president obama put him in charge in afghanistan. last year petraeus retired from the military to become director of central intelligence. the c.i.a. came of age during the cold war, but its role has changed dramatically since 9/11 and we asked david martin to look into that. >> reporter: as head of the c.i.a., david petraeus directed a covert war which required him to make almost daily decisions of life and death. he commanded the drone war against terrorist safe havens in pakistan and yemen which killed hundreds of suspected militants. and he gave the order which is sent a c.i.a. team fly into benghazi in a vain attempt to rescue americans. two members of that team-- both of them, like petraeus-- retired military, were killed on that mission. overnight he went from the best known and great estrogen of his generation to covert warrior. he said he campaigned for the job. >> i wanted this job. this was not a month or two or three in the making. >> reporter: the c.i.a. had been on the front lines since 9/11 when an agen
in 2007, president bush ordered him to take command in iraq and in 2010 president obama put him in charge in afghanistan. last year petraeus retired from the military to become director of central intelligence. the c.i.a. came of age during the cold war, but its role has changed dramatically since 9/11 and we asked david martin to look into that. >> reporter: as head of the c.i.a., david petraeus directed a covert war which required him to make almost daily decisions of life and death. he...
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president obama placed a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery. the holiday was originally known as armistice day, marking the end of world war i on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. it was supposed to be the war to end all wars. we want to close this broadcast tonight by noting the sacrifices made by servicemen and women and those sacrifices made by their families who also bear scars of war. here's michelle miller. >> the guy that came back from iraq was not at all the guy that left. >> reporter: brannan vines' husband, her high school sweetheart, was once the man she leaned on when times were tough. that all changed after caleb returned from two deployments in iraq. caleb was injured in multiple i.e.d. explosions. >> he was not only dealing with p.t.s.d. but he was also dealing with traumatic brain injury which very much changes somebody's personality. >> reporter: and changes the person caring for them. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> reporter: since 2007, vines has been caleb's sole caretaker, dealing with her husband's night tremors, erra
president obama placed a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery. the holiday was originally known as armistice day, marking the end of world war i on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. it was supposed to be the war to end all wars. we want to close this broadcast tonight by noting the sacrifices made by servicemen and women and those sacrifices made by their families who also bear scars of war. here's michelle miller. >> the guy that came back from iraq was...
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is one of many openings in the obama administration. the secretaries of state, treasury, and defense would all like to leave. so what who's coming in? nancy cordes is at the white house for us tonight. nancy? >> reporter: scott, white house officials told me today that u.n. ambassador susan rice is the front-winner to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state despite some strong opposition from some republicans. the 47-year-old u.n. ambassador is a close confidante of president obama, a former rhodes scholar who served as an assistant secretary of state under president clinton. she came under fire from republicans for what she said five days after the attack in benghazi, libya, that killed four americans. here was race on "face the nation." >> we do not have information at present that leads us to conclude that this was premeditated or preplanned. >> reporter: that would later prove to be untrue, though the white house insisted rice was working off the c.i.a.'s best information at the time. several republicans on the senate foreign
is one of many openings in the obama administration. the secretaries of state, treasury, and defense would all like to leave. so what who's coming in? nancy cordes is at the white house for us tonight. nancy? >> reporter: scott, white house officials told me today that u.n. ambassador susan rice is the front-winner to replace hillary clinton as secretary of state despite some strong opposition from some republicans. the 47-year-old u.n. ambassador is a close confidante of president obama,...
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obama captured 50% of the to mitt romney's 49.1%. in beverly hills yesterday the blue and white beginningham dress that judy garland wore was sold for $480,000. it was a major upset in college football yesterday. number one, alabama, lost to texas a&m. crimson threatenedded to turn the tide in the fourth quarter but this pass was intercepted and texas a&m held on to beat the previously undefeated crimson tide 29-24. now for today's weather. the coasts are clear and mild. but a line of thunderstorms is working its way across the country. the forecast for the week ahead shows more rain as well as seasonable cooldown in most parts. coming up, a fall from grace. election weekended with a november surprise. the sudden resignation friday of david petraeus as director of the central intelligence agency. the former army general, the most decorated and highly regarded one of his generation, said the reasons for his resignation were personal. so they were. the story of how petraeus' marital infidelity came to light is as strange as the revelat
obama captured 50% of the to mitt romney's 49.1%. in beverly hills yesterday the blue and white beginningham dress that judy garland wore was sold for $480,000. it was a major upset in college football yesterday. number one, alabama, lost to texas a&m. crimson threatenedded to turn the tide in the fourth quarter but this pass was intercepted and texas a&m held on to beat the previously undefeated crimson tide 29-24. now for today's weather. the coasts are clear and mild. but a line of...
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late today president obama accepted the resignation of the director of central intelligence, david petraeus. petraeus acknowledged having an extramarital affair. we have learned that for the last few months the f.b.i. has been investigating the communications of petraeus. law enforcement sources tell bob orr there was concern about e-mails that the c.i.a. director was exchanging with a woman who is a journalist. additional sources tell us those communications involved paula broadwell, seen here with petraeus on a department plane. broadwell, 39 years old, published a book last year on petraeus' time as the general in charge in afghanistan. broadwell is a harvard university research associate and she spent time in afghanistan with petraeus. she is a west point graduate, as is petraeus. we have tried to reach broadwell today but we have not heard back. before this sudden development, it would have been hard to find edyone in washington admired as much as david petraeus. wae former general led the war in iraq and the war in sfghanistan. he is a scholar known for his calm, steady advice to pres
late today president obama accepted the resignation of the director of central intelligence, david petraeus. petraeus acknowledged having an extramarital affair. we have learned that for the last few months the f.b.i. has been investigating the communications of petraeus. law enforcement sources tell bob orr there was concern about e-mails that the c.i.a. director was exchanging with a woman who is a journalist. additional sources tell us those communications involved paula broadwell, seen here...
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that was the cost of gas when president obama took office. the promotion was sponsored by the new american energy opportunity foundation. it is a group critical of the obama administration's energy policy. >>> you find them in the sunday circular, on line, and on your smartphone. if you aren't using coupons, like the ones i have here, you are leaving a lot of money on the table. new data on coupon usage reveals that of the $470 billion in available coupon savings last year, only 1% of them were redeemed. one local mom is on a quest to be sure you know the three ways to get your share before you hit the grocery store. >> today we are going to be talking about realistic ways that you can coupon. >> reporter: laura scours the savings-sphere and blogs about it. it starts by knowing the basics, especially when it comes to manufacturing coupons. >> this 50 crept coupon will double to a dollar. >> reporter: finding the coupon is just the first step. laura says step two is to check the sunday newspaper coupon inserts. >> you are going to go back to t
that was the cost of gas when president obama took office. the promotion was sponsored by the new american energy opportunity foundation. it is a group critical of the obama administration's energy policy. >>> you find them in the sunday circular, on line, and on your smartphone. if you aren't using coupons, like the ones i have here, you are leaving a lot of money on the table. new data on coupon usage reveals that of the $470 billion in available coupon savings last year, only 1% of...
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obama up five points. and the colorado poll has him ahead by two points. our campaign 2012 team is covering. first we're going to go to nancy cordes with the president tonight. nancy? >> pelley: scott, after 100 rallies, the president holds his final one here in d.e.m. moyne tonight for two reasons: first, because iowa is one of the battleground states the campaign feels most confident about winning and second because, in many ways, this is the state that first catapulted him towards the president swi that upset win in the iowa caucuses five years ago. >> hello, colorado! hello, wisconsin! hello, ohio! >> pelley: president obama has spent the past 48 hours in seven states, three time zones. >> are you fired up? >> reporter: surrendering sleep and his voice in pursuit of a second time. >> this is not just a choice between two candidates and two parties, it's a choice between two different visions of america. it's a choice between the return to the top-down economic policies that crashed our economy or a vision that says we've got to build a strong foundatio
obama up five points. and the colorado poll has him ahead by two points. our campaign 2012 team is covering. first we're going to go to nancy cordes with the president tonight. nancy? >> pelley: scott, after 100 rallies, the president holds his final one here in d.e.m. moyne tonight for two reasons: first, because iowa is one of the battleground states the campaign feels most confident about winning and second because, in many ways, this is the state that first catapulted him towards the...
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obama's campaign is much larger than governor romney's. there are 131 field offices for the president in this state compared to 39 for the governor. >> pelley: dean, thanks very much. sandy left a piece of space history exposed. we'll have that just ahead. now with a fancy coating that gives you a burst of wildberry flavor. now why make a flavored heartburn pill? because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of sweatpants. so grab yourself some new prilosec otc wildberry. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. campbell's has 24 new soups that will make it drop over, and over again. ♪ from jammin' jerk chicken, to creamy gouda bisque. see what's new from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >> pelley: we have new details about the attack in the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. senior intelligence officials have revealed that the c.i.a. played
obama's campaign is much larger than governor romney's. there are 131 field offices for the president in this state compared to 39 for the governor. >> pelley: dean, thanks very much. sandy left a piece of space history exposed. we'll have that just ahead. now with a fancy coating that gives you a burst of wildberry flavor. now why make a flavored heartburn pill? because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon...
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this election was not an endorsement of president obama's policies. 49% said they wanted obama care repealed. >> on taxes it's one big deal. the president campaigned to raise taxes, the first since before harry truman to win re-election to do that and senate railses were also decided on that metric as well. republicans have to listen to that at some level. bob? >> he won all these battleground states, but he almost lost the popular vote. i mean so people are going to step back and they're going to say, why should i cooperate with him? we talked about this last night, norah, you have a congress with approval rating down there, you know, down there. yes they all got reelected. >> will the republican members of congress also look and see that, wow, we lost amongst hispanics, we lost among moderates and independents, those should be areas, that republicans can't continue to win unless they change. >> depends where your self-interest lies. if you're a national republican you think we no longer can win with the game plan we have. we have to find a way to deal with the largest growing mino
this election was not an endorsement of president obama's policies. 49% said they wanted obama care repealed. >> on taxes it's one big deal. the president campaigned to raise taxes, the first since before harry truman to win re-election to do that and senate railses were also decided on that metric as well. republicans have to listen to that at some level. bob? >> he won all these battleground states, but he almost lost the popular vote. i mean so people are going to step back and...
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. >> it's back to work tor president obama. he and congressional leaders promise to work together to prevent a budget crisis but wall street isn't buying it. >> how looking in mirror could provide clues to your risk for heart sease. >> but with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. . >> second storm made your life miserable. >> new misery for the northeast as a post-sandy storm slams the region. >> 60 mile-per-hour winds, wintry mix coastal flooding. >> causing 100,000 new power outages. >> it gets frustrated. it eats away from you. finally you see the light at the end of the tunnel and now we're starting all over again. >> finally got that forecast that i got last night i'm waiting for the locusts and pestilence next. >> worries about the fiscal cliff are affecting stocks around the world. >> president obama telephoned top congressional leaders urging more bipartisan cooperation. >> mr. president, this is your moment. we're ready to be led. not as democrats or republicans, but as americans. >> i want to work together
. >> it's back to work tor president obama. he and congressional leaders promise to work together to prevent a budget crisis but wall street isn't buying it. >> how looking in mirror could provide clues to your risk for heart sease. >> but with today's "eye opener," your world in 90 seconds. . >> second storm made your life miserable. >> new misery for the northeast as a post-sandy storm slams the region. >> 60 mile-per-hour winds, wintry mix...
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president obama placed a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery. the holiday was known to mark the end of world war i, on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. its with supposed to be the war to end all -- it was supposed to be the war to end all wars. we want to close by honoring the sacrifices of the men and women and the families who also bear scars of war. here is michelle miller. >> the guy that came back from iraq was not at all the guy that left. >> branon bines husband, her high school sweet heart, was once the man she leaned on when times were tough. that all changes after he returned from two deployments in iraq. caleb was injured in multiple ied. >> it changed the personality. >> reporter: since 2007, she has dealt with her husband's night tremors, mood swings and physical injuries that have left him permanently disabled. and she is trying to shield her 6-year-old daughter. she said it has left her with scars of her own. >> i was having nightmares about iraq, i place i have never been. a place i've never -- other than in pictures, i go
president obama placed a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery. the holiday was known to mark the end of world war i, on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918. its with supposed to be the war to end all -- it was supposed to be the war to end all wars. we want to close by honoring the sacrifices of the men and women and the families who also bear scars of war. here is michelle miller. >> the guy that came back from iraq was not at all the guy that left....
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let's give the 18 electoral votes to president obama. that would get president obama to 255. basically then mitt romney has to almost run the table. he has about 11 paths to the presidentsy. so let's give him virginia, north carolina with its 15. we'll give him the big granddad granddaddy, 29 of florida. he's still not there. yet. we'll give him wisconsin at ten. still not there yet. colorado at nine. still not there yet. he then could get new hampshire. that would be the fastest non-ohio route. he could also get nevada or iowa. that's one, two, three, four, five, six states he would have to win if he loses ohio. >> how many of those six states is he behind today according to the poll? >> well, of course he's -- it's tied in virginia. he's behind in wisconsin. tied in new hampshire. he's ahead in north carolina. nevada and iowa, which would be crucial to that last piece, tied in colorado. >> which is why the governor is going to ohio today. he's going to northern ohio, cleveland, and then he's going to western pennsylvania, which is covered in southern ohio. so the pennsylvan
let's give the 18 electoral votes to president obama. that would get president obama to 255. basically then mitt romney has to almost run the table. he has about 11 paths to the presidentsy. so let's give him virginia, north carolina with its 15. we'll give him the big granddad granddaddy, 29 of florida. he's still not there. yet. we'll give him wisconsin at ten. still not there yet. colorado at nine. still not there yet. he then could get new hampshire. that would be the fastest non-ohio...
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obama has worked hard to talk to them to try to steer it in that direction. will that happen? >> the most phones call that secretary clinton has made from the road have been to her counter-part in egypt. and they have been very clear that egypt has a relationship, they have the credibility and influence in the region to push hamas to stop the attacks. now, there is also a fair amount of funding being held up in washington right now that the egyptians need very immediately. remember, they weren't just one of the top recipients of foreign aid. they have a funding crisis. they have literally been to the point where they have had problems paying bills. so there is some immediate leverage to gets them to act immediately. whether that ends up being effective or not is another question. >> schieffer: well, do we think the administration-- obviously, i would guess they're advising the israelis not to invade. but what beyond that are they trying to do? is this an opening to start a-- the peace process to get it started again, david? >> bob, if-- if-- if mursi, and turkey, the key playe
obama has worked hard to talk to them to try to steer it in that direction. will that happen? >> the most phones call that secretary clinton has made from the road have been to her counter-part in egypt. and they have been very clear that egypt has a relationship, they have the credibility and influence in the region to push hamas to stop the attacks. now, there is also a fair amount of funding being held up in washington right now that the egyptians need very immediately. remember, they...
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president obama came out on top here by 53% to 43%. and more than half of the voters we talked to said they saw mitt romney's policies as favoring the rich. only about a third said they favored the middle-class. governor romney campaigned as a business leader who could create jobs and fix the economy. but when we asked who'd do a better job of handling the economy, romney ended up with only about a one-point advantage here, 49% to 48%. so the president effectively neutralized the economy issue which had been thought to be so dangerous for him. scott? >> pelley: anthony, thanks very much. as nancy cordes was just telling us, we're about seven weeks from those automatic tax increases and budget cuts that are due to kick in automatically. congress design the so-called fiscal cliff to be so painful that it would force a compromise between the white house and capitol hill. but the voters have returned the same politicians wh politicianst reach a deal last time. here's wyatt andrews. >> just weeks away from now loom it is so-called fiscal cl
president obama came out on top here by 53% to 43%. and more than half of the voters we talked to said they saw mitt romney's policies as favoring the rich. only about a third said they favored the middle-class. governor romney campaigned as a business leader who could create jobs and fix the economy. but when we asked who'd do a better job of handling the economy, romney ended up with only about a one-point advantage here, 49% to 48%. so the president effectively neutralized the economy issue...
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. >> president obama gets set to shuffle his cabinet. why some republicans aren't happy with who he wants to replace hillary clinton. >>> and a big day here in studio 57. we'll talk with oliver stone, mike huckabee, the billionaire co-founder of instagram, and golfer nick faldo. >>> but we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >>> the federal bureau of investigation referred to the department of defense the matter involving general john allen. >> the pentagon is rocked as a top u.s. general is linked to the petraeus scandal. >> the u.s. commander in afghanistan is under investigation for alleged inappropriate communications with jill kelley. >> the sex scandal began when kelley received harassing e-mails from petraeus's biographer and mistress paula broadwell. >> federal agents were at paula broadwell's north carolina home last night for more than four hours. >> the fbi agent who launched the investigation that led to petraeus resigning is himself being investigated. he sent shirtless pictures of
. >> president obama gets set to shuffle his cabinet. why some republicans aren't happy with who he wants to replace hillary clinton. >>> and a big day here in studio 57. we'll talk with oliver stone, mike huckabee, the billionaire co-founder of instagram, and golfer nick faldo. >>> but we begin this morning with a look at today's eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. >>> the federal bureau of investigation referred to the department of defense the matter...
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obama and mr. romney now tied in the electoral vote race to 270 with wisconsin now in the president's column. so we were looking at the swing states, those battleground states that could go either way and we were looking at those tabulated votes. the state of florida, we were just showing you, is nearly tied with 282% of the vote counted. let's look at the second-largest of those swing states, the state of ohio. 36% of the vote has been counted. mr. obama out to an early lead. north carolina also very close. 75% of the vote has been counted in north carolina. a hard fought state. the unemployment rate there is still 9.6%, well over the national average. mitt romney with a lead there in north carolina. looking at the state of virginia, 52% of the vote in virginia has been counted. mitt romney out with a lead there. we have breaking news. president obama cbs news projects will carry the state of new hampshire. this is the first of the swing states, the nine battleground states that will decide this e
obama and mr. romney now tied in the electoral vote race to 270 with wisconsin now in the president's column. so we were looking at the swing states, those battleground states that could go either way and we were looking at those tabulated votes. the state of florida, we were just showing you, is nearly tied with 282% of the vote counted. let's look at the second-largest of those swing states, the state of ohio. 36% of the vote has been counted. mr. obama out to an early lead. north carolina...
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we saw a side of president obama we don't often see. i want to just roll a little of that tape and then ask you about it. . >> and you guys, what you have done, the work that i'm doing, is important. i'm really proud of that. i'm really proud of all of you. and... ( applause ) >> schieffer: it sully seemed that the president was brushing away a tear there. we don't see that much emotion from the president. what was it like to be there? >> i was standing 10 feet away and i was brushing tears away myself as were many of those young people. so when he looked at those young kids and their sense of idealism and all the sacrifices they had made, not just for him but for the kind of country that they believe in, he really was overcome. and the president went around after that speech and he-- and he met with every single kid in the headquarters, and gave them a hug and handshake and thanks and i think that hug and handshake and thanks has sent them off in a direction where they will make great contributions in the future, and it really was a wo
we saw a side of president obama we don't often see. i want to just roll a little of that tape and then ask you about it. . >> and you guys, what you have done, the work that i'm doing, is important. i'm really proud of that. i'm really proud of all of you. and... ( applause ) >> schieffer: it sully seemed that the president was brushing away a tear there. we don't see that much emotion from the president. what was it like to be there? >> i was standing 10 feet away and i was...
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red for romney or blue for obama. here in denver and across the country apparently obama is comfortably ahead. according to one new study voters can correctly predict the winner 81% of the time even if they strongly support the other guy. which chia candidate is more popular? which candidate's cookies more appetizing? doesn't matter. chances are you probably already know who will win. david wright, abc news, denver. >> thanks for watching. for some of you we'll say good night. though, for others, stay with us for more of our one-hour broadcast, election 2012, our powerhouse team standing by to tell you surprising x factors they think could decide this race. it's coming up right after a short break. for those of you leaving us, good night. >>> tonight a missing cross found along a roadway, hundreds of miles from where it belonged because of a tip to abc 7 news. >> the fiery assault on a san francisco muni bus. a world series reveler now facing charges and tab the city is now facing. >> one last campaign swing for suppo
red for romney or blue for obama. here in denver and across the country apparently obama is comfortably ahead. according to one new study voters can correctly predict the winner 81% of the time even if they strongly support the other guy. which chia candidate is more popular? which candidate's cookies more appetizing? doesn't matter. chances are you probably already know who will win. david wright, abc news, denver. >> thanks for watching. for some of you we'll say good night. though, for...
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red for romney or blue for obama. here in denver and across the country apparently obama is comfortably ahead. according to one study voters can correctly predict the winner 81% of the time even if they strongly support the other guy, which chia candidate is more popular? which candidate's cookies more appetizing? doesn't matter. chances are you probably already know who will win. >> thanks for watching. for some of you we'll say good night. though for others, stay with us for more of our one-hour broadcast, election 2012, our powerhouse team standing by to tell you surprising x factors they think could decide this race. it's coming up right after a short break. for those of you leaving us, good night. so, maybe you're trying to figure out question seven. well, let me give it a shot. if you're ok with marylanders spending five hundred and... fifty million a year gaming in other states, fair enough. but if you think we should keep that money here... add twelve thousand jobs, and generate millions for schools... well yo
red for romney or blue for obama. here in denver and across the country apparently obama is comfortably ahead. according to one study voters can correctly predict the winner 81% of the time even if they strongly support the other guy, which chia candidate is more popular? which candidate's cookies more appetizing? doesn't matter. chances are you probably already know who will win. >> thanks for watching. for some of you we'll say good night. though for others, stay with us for more of our...
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lawmakers are trying to sort out what the obama administration knew and understand why five days after the attack, u.n. ambassador susan rice was talking about a spontaneous protest. democrats who listened to petraeus testify were quick to defend rice. >> she used the unclassified talking points that were signed off on by the entire intelligence community. so criticisms of her are completely unwarranted. >> reporter: in both hearings friday, petraeus addressed his resignation because of an affair with his biographer paula broadwell. lawmakers said the former cia director apologized and assured them his personal situation had no bearing on the benghazi investigation. senator john mccain said general petraeus told him that he never spoke to the president about benghazi. he dealt with the director of national intelligence. on capitol hill, daniel nottingham. lesli, back to you. >>> and top national security officials were on capitol hill this week to deal with the fallout from the petraeus sex scandal. and defense secretary panetta has ordered a review of ethics training for all military
lawmakers are trying to sort out what the obama administration knew and understand why five days after the attack, u.n. ambassador susan rice was talking about a spontaneous protest. democrats who listened to petraeus testify were quick to defend rice. >> she used the unclassified talking points that were signed off on by the entire intelligence community. so criticisms of her are completely unwarranted. >> reporter: in both hearings friday, petraeus addressed his resignation...
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red for romney or blue for obama. here in denver and across the country apparently obama is comfortably ahead. according to one study voters can correctly predict the winner 81% of the time even if they strongly support the other guy, which chia candidate is more popular? which candidate's cookies more appetizing? doesn't matter. chances are you probably already know who will win. >> thanks for watching. for some of you we'll say good night. though for others, stay with us for more of our one-hour broadcast, election 2012, our powerhouse team standing by to tell you surprising x factors they think could decide this race. it's coming up right after a short break. for those of you leaving us, good night. mary gonzales had a cold, she also has asthma. so she sees her allergist who has a receptionist susan, who sees that she's due for a mammogram. mary has one that day. that's when she finds out she has a tumor. she has a successful surgery and because her health provider has an amazing connected system, she has herelife.
red for romney or blue for obama. here in denver and across the country apparently obama is comfortably ahead. according to one study voters can correctly predict the winner 81% of the time even if they strongly support the other guy, which chia candidate is more popular? which candidate's cookies more appetizing? doesn't matter. chances are you probably already know who will win. >> thanks for watching. for some of you we'll say good night. though for others, stay with us for more of our...
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obama was silent on allen. the same f.b.i. investigation uncovered e-mails between allen and a socialite, jill kelly, who hosted functions for central command in tampa, where both petraeus and allen had worked. based on those e-mails, mr. obama placed allen's nomination to nato on hold. bob orr has our story tonight from washington. >> reporter: the career of general john allen hinges on the content of some 200 e-mails he exchanged with jill kelly. sources say allen was confronted with some of the e-mails by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff martin dempsey. allen's attorney late today issued a statement saying general allen intends to fully cooperate with the inspector general investigators and directed his staff to do the same. alep has told officials he's done nothing wrong and has written nothing to kelly that would preclude his nomination. officials have characterized the communications with kelly as flirtatious, saying they contain nothing of an explicit sexual nature. but one official said the e-mails, if made pu
obama was silent on allen. the same f.b.i. investigation uncovered e-mails between allen and a socialite, jill kelly, who hosted functions for central command in tampa, where both petraeus and allen had worked. based on those e-mails, mr. obama placed allen's nomination to nato on hold. bob orr has our story tonight from washington. >> reporter: the career of general john allen hinges on the content of some 200 e-mails he exchanged with jill kelly. sources say allen was confronted with...
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obama. the president is set to speak at 1:00 from the east room of the white house to talk about quote the action we need to take to keep our economy growing and reduce our deficit. fiscal cliff is a word that we'll hear a lot in the next few days and weeks to come. back to you. >> all right, ko im reporting live from capitol hill. >>> thank you ko. a united airlines flight from denver landed safely in washington, d.c. last night. there are reports that crew had declared an emergency because a passenger began praying in an aisle. a united spokeswoman says the passenger was not following the flight attendant instructions for landing. the plane was escorted by military jets after the crew declared an emergency. >>> hundreds of thousands of people in new york and new jersey are dealing with more power outages. canceled flights and snowy comb as a new storm on the heels of superstorm sandy tested the region's patience. tens of billions of dollars in damage is inflicted on the region and hundreds
obama. the president is set to speak at 1:00 from the east room of the white house to talk about quote the action we need to take to keep our economy growing and reduce our deficit. fiscal cliff is a word that we'll hear a lot in the next few days and weeks to come. back to you. >> all right, ko im reporting live from capitol hill. >>> thank you ko. a united airlines flight from denver landed safely in washington, d.c. last night. there are reports that crew had declared an...
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president obama is up a point or two in their polls. now, i don't think virginia's representative of the country. i do think the president has an edge in ohio. i expect him to win ohio. i expect him to win wisconsin, i think he's going to win iowa, and frankly, given democratic base in the other states, that's all she wrote. >> schieffer: let me go to you, lesley. i want to talk a little bit about pennsylvania. a lot of us were putting that pretty much in the democratic column a good way backs in this campaign, and now in the last week or so, you've seen the romney folks putting some money in there and saying they really think they have a chance. i'm not convinced whether they think they have a chance or whether they want us to think they have a chance. all of these things in pol tibs you always have to put it into context. what is the situation there? why are they putting this money in there? >> i would say the victory team and the romney team feel very confident that they-- they understand a couple of things we've talked about here. y
president obama is up a point or two in their polls. now, i don't think virginia's representative of the country. i do think the president has an edge in ohio. i expect him to win ohio. i expect him to win wisconsin, i think he's going to win iowa, and frankly, given democratic base in the other states, that's all she wrote. >> schieffer: let me go to you, lesley. i want to talk a little bit about pennsylvania. a lot of us were putting that pretty much in the democratic column a good way...
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obama to celebrate instead the president has to go straight to work. he's expected to speak at 1:00 from the east room of the white house to quote talk about the action we need to take to keep our economy growing and reduce our deficit. and andrea and mike, the phase fiscal cliff, we could hear that a lot in the days and weeks to come. live on capitol hill. ko im, 9news now. >> thank you ko. >>> in other news, a bus driver who fell asleep last year on i- 95 near richmond has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter. four people were killed and 49 injured when kim ewe chung lost control of the bus in may 2011. they were headed to new york when the dozing driver struck a cable barrier and flipped over. the national transportation safety board says the company was partially at fault because it didn't monitor drivers' rest. sentencing is set for january. >>> d.c. police have arrested an 18-year-old connected to wednesday's robbery of an 81- year-old woman inside her home in northwest d.c.. police say a robber broke into the rear window of this home on mc
obama to celebrate instead the president has to go straight to work. he's expected to speak at 1:00 from the east room of the white house to quote talk about the action we need to take to keep our economy growing and reduce our deficit. and andrea and mike, the phase fiscal cliff, we could hear that a lot in the days and weeks to come. live on capitol hill. ko im, 9news now. >> thank you ko. >>> in other news, a bus driver who fell asleep last year on i- 95 near richmond has been...
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obama had done a good job with a bad hand. governor mitt romney is also logging campaign miles this weekend. yesterday in the battle ground state of new hampshire, he criticized president obama for urging americans to vote as, quote, the best revenge. romney encouraged his supporters to vote for love of country instead. two atlanta police officers were killed last night when their low-flying helicopter crashed near a busy intersection. the officers were part of a team searching for a missing child. the child later turned up unharmed. egypt's coptic church has a new hope. the selection process unfolded this morning during a televised ceremony in cairo. the ship was named a cop tick patriarch after a blindfolded altar boy drew his name out of a chalice. now for the weather, cool up north. rainy down south. and calm out west. in the days ahead, a mid-week storm could bring rain and perhaps some snow to the northeast. the forecast elsewhere is mostly sunny and clear. >> all of them are negative. osgood: next... i'm going to ask yo
obama had done a good job with a bad hand. governor mitt romney is also logging campaign miles this weekend. yesterday in the battle ground state of new hampshire, he criticized president obama for urging americans to vote as, quote, the best revenge. romney encouraged his supporters to vote for love of country instead. two atlanta police officers were killed last night when their low-flying helicopter crashed near a busy intersection. the officers were part of a team searching for a missing...
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barack obama wins 60-38%. among voters who make more than 50,000 it flips, mitt romney wins 53-450%. that with the testimony about 60% of the electorate. 41% make 50,000 or less. you see we have split here along economic lines that may have played in to the whole economic issue. >> pelley: thank you very much. cbs news just projected that barack obama will carry the state of v. virginia. and john dickerson our political director here to tell us how that happened. >> remember when we first started talking about virginia, henrico county that sits right on top of richmond. women, the president won 55-44. that is not as well as he did against senator mccain, but he did well enough there in henrico county and did in the area of the blue areas he needed to do well and prince william county. then governor romney in the counties he needed to do very well in augusta is one. he got 70% of the vote, but that's not great deal more with 2,614 that not great deal more than john mccain got. in the parts of the map where gove
barack obama wins 60-38%. among voters who make more than 50,000 it flips, mitt romney wins 53-450%. that with the testimony about 60% of the electorate. 41% make 50,000 or less. you see we have split here along economic lines that may have played in to the whole economic issue. >> pelley: thank you very much. cbs news just projected that barack obama will carry the state of v. virginia. and john dickerson our political director here to tell us how that happened. >> remember when we...
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obama may be shaken by petraeus' sudden resignation. after just 15 months heading the central intelligence agency, and by the reason he quit he admits cheating on his wife. cbs news senior correspondent and former fbi official john miller is here with more on petraeus, the fbi investigation and the potential fallout. john, good morning. >> good morning. >> this is something that the fbi was looking at his emails but didn't expect to find. >> they weren't even looking at his emails. they were looking at something else and they kind of stumbled into what appeared to be communications between the director of the cia and paula broadwell. there were things about those communications that were suspicious. now there's a little here we don't know. what would those things have been? were they leaving draft messages without sending them in a common e-mail account so that they could go read them and fly under the radar, were they using language that was so cryptic as to raise those questions, were they using other people's e-mail accounts. whateve
obama may be shaken by petraeus' sudden resignation. after just 15 months heading the central intelligence agency, and by the reason he quit he admits cheating on his wife. cbs news senior correspondent and former fbi official john miller is here with more on petraeus, the fbi investigation and the potential fallout. john, good morning. >> good morning. >> this is something that the fbi was looking at his emails but didn't expect to find. >> they weren't even looking at his...
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my son was a huge obama supporter until obama ordered that american's death with the drone and then he lost my son. my son was so offended that a president could kill a united states citizen without a trial, without anything like that. and my belief, osama bin laden has to stop prosecuting whistleblowers the way he does, and he needs to go to state's rights. let me say this. hooray for colorado and washington who took the first huge substantial step in ending this idiotic war on drugs. the people voted to legalize recreational marijuana to treat it the same as alcohol, and that's going to create a dilemma for the federal government now and this will be a good thing to see if the federal government will back off and allow states to have state's rights when it comes to things like drugs, marijuana, and a lot of the decision making. >> jesse, you ended on a slightly positive note. >> i'm a positive person. what are you stag ard about? i'm very pleased, we had the gay rights issue in minnesota where they wanted to put on our constitution that marriage was between a man and a woman alone an
my son was a huge obama supporter until obama ordered that american's death with the drone and then he lost my son. my son was so offended that a president could kill a united states citizen without a trial, without anything like that. and my belief, osama bin laden has to stop prosecuting whistleblowers the way he does, and he needs to go to state's rights. let me say this. hooray for colorado and washington who took the first huge substantial step in ending this idiotic war on drugs. the...
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temperatures rise in washington as president obama defends u.n. ambassador susan rice against republican critics. and country star jason aldean talks about the highs of being on top of the charts and the lows of being tabloid fodder. first here's a look at what's happening in the world and what we've been covering on cbs "this morning." >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody they should go after me. >> the president came to the east room of the white house hoping to push his message on the fiscal cliff and he did but he also got pressed with a number of questions about his handling of foreign policy and national security. >> mitt romney yesterday had an analysis of the president's victory. >> basically their argument is the president did well with minorities, african-americans, hispanic voters and young voters because he systematically basically bought them off. >> petraeus is set to testify before the house intelligence committee tomorrow morning in washington over the attacks on the u.s. consulate in benghaz
temperatures rise in washington as president obama defends u.n. ambassador susan rice against republican critics. and country star jason aldean talks about the highs of being on top of the charts and the lows of being tabloid fodder. first here's a look at what's happening in the world and what we've been covering on cbs "this morning." >> if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody they should go after me. >> the president came to the east...
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at arlington national cemetery, president obama and the first lady took part in the time honored tradition, laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown. tonight here, so many tributes catching our eye. here are two of them. army veteran ehredt has been running a marathon every day now for the past ten weeks a journey that began in minnesota. >> morning, fourth day. on minnesota 53. >> reporter: and came to an end today in galveston, texas, passing through nine states. >> there's this lonely feeling coming over me. but it also made me get up and move. >> reporter: at every mile, mike stops, not to take a break or to catch his breath, but to plant a small american flag, each enscribed with the name of a soldier lost in afghanistan. on this veteran's day, this little boy in north carolina. preparing to read his own handwritten worlds for his father. remembering his dad james, a father of four and a first class petty officer receivering in afghanistan. listen to how his son describes him. >> i'm so proud of him. he is my hero right next to jesus. >> reporter: moments later, the principal says l
at arlington national cemetery, president obama and the first lady took part in the time honored tradition, laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown. tonight here, so many tributes catching our eye. here are two of them. army veteran ehredt has been running a marathon every day now for the past ten weeks a journey that began in minnesota. >> morning, fourth day. on minnesota 53. >> reporter: and came to an end today in galveston, texas, passing through nine states. >>...
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this is the obama map of 2008. when you come to the map of 2012, remark when i successful in a much tougher year for democrats themselves lost only indiana and north carolina. the two most republican states. of all the states president obama won as senator obama foreyears ago -- >> remember, north carolina only won by 14,000 votes. >> these are the two states with the deepest republican dna. of the two states he lost you have to say it is a remarkable achievement. begin the high unemployment that the president defended this map. >> i want to point out. florida is the only state we have not projected a win yet or a loss. we haven't made any projections. it is very close. 97% of the vote has been counted. the president has 50%. mitt romney has 49%. there is a difference though, not much there in florida. but i think the reason we have not made a projection is that they've decided to stop downing votes. at least for the night. they'll resume tomorrow morning and then we'll wait and see the official number. we have not
this is the obama map of 2008. when you come to the map of 2012, remark when i successful in a much tougher year for democrats themselves lost only indiana and north carolina. the two most republican states. of all the states president obama won as senator obama foreyears ago -- >> remember, north carolina only won by 14,000 votes. >> these are the two states with the deepest republican dna. of the two states he lost you have to say it is a remarkable achievement. begin the high...
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president obama has arrived in thailand. his first stop on a three-day trip that includes the first visit to myanmar by a u.s. president. outspoken new jersey governor chris christie has been getting around. last night he was on saturday night live. he thanked his state's rescue and relief workers for their efforts during hurricane sandy. he then offered a critique of super storm tv coverage. >> i also do not want to thank the reporters that put themselves in danger by walking into the middle of a hurricane with their cameras. we don't need you to tell us there's a hurricane. we have windows. >> osgood: here's the day's weather forecast. mostly clear and mild pept in the pacific northwest where they're getting an early taste of winter. the week ahead will grow cooler although it should remain sunny. >> let's face it. osgood: next the united states of food. and later john goodman and michelle miller eating well in new >> osgood: millions of americans appear to be caught up in a feeding frenzy. they're not just cooking food an
president obama has arrived in thailand. his first stop on a three-day trip that includes the first visit to myanmar by a u.s. president. outspoken new jersey governor chris christie has been getting around. last night he was on saturday night live. he thanked his state's rescue and relief workers for their efforts during hurricane sandy. he then offered a critique of super storm tv coverage. >> i also do not want to thank the reporters that put themselves in danger by walking into the...
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barack obama is who the american people decided. isn't it the sensible thing now for you to withdraw this implacable position, no tax increases for anybody in america ever again. >> well, i think the president needs to face the fact that people went to the polls and voted for somebody not committed to raising taxes. a majority of the legislators in the country are republicans. so he did win by two points, first time in american history that someone has ever gotten reelected president, reducing his percentage of the vote, and he won by 7% four years ago, 2% this time. he has to deal with the fact the american people are not excited about his ideas of tax increases and spending increases, and i don't think they're going to allow him to undo his commitments to spending restraint that he made only last year and then in today's speech, he tried to deny some of the spending cuts that he's already agreed to in law. >> but 65% of the american public, according to the most recent polls, have no problem at all if that would actively encourage
barack obama is who the american people decided. isn't it the sensible thing now for you to withdraw this implacable position, no tax increases for anybody in america ever again. >> well, i think the president needs to face the fact that people went to the polls and voted for somebody not committed to raising taxes. a majority of the legislators in the country are republicans. so he did win by two points, first time in american history that someone has ever gotten reelected president,...
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>> president obama is the least transparent president in the history of this company. if barack obama opens up and gives his college records as applications, and if he gives his passport applications and records, i will give to a charity of his choice inner city children in chicago, american cancer society, aids research, anything he wants, a check, immediately for $5 million dollars. >> i think that speaks spore itself. >> yeah, certainly was long enough. >> and andrea, there's another turkey we've talked about all year, your choice. >> yes, mayor michael bloomberg, listen to mayor michael bloomberg talk about one of the most interesting story of 2012 when he tried to ban soda. >> i've never believed that we should ban anything. our job is to explain to people what's in their interest and you do it with advertisements on the trains about the dangers of smoking, you do it with the signs from the windows in restaurants. and in the case of the sodas, all we're really doing is giving you a graphic understanding of -- that you're drinking a lot of calories. >> with taxpaye
>> president obama is the least transparent president in the history of this company. if barack obama opens up and gives his college records as applications, and if he gives his passport applications and records, i will give to a charity of his choice inner city children in chicago, american cancer society, aids research, anything he wants, a check, immediately for $5 million dollars. >> i think that speaks spore itself. >> yeah, certainly was long enough. >> and andrea,...
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that's one i know president obama has talked about. tim geithner has been adamantly opposed to that. you think that's going to happen, jared? >> first of all, the president has a plan to go down to 28%. it does not include territorial. i don't think we're going to go there. nor is anyone interested in repatriation. i would like diana to actually specify -- this is not a got ya. we can talk about this broadening the base. i would like her to specify loopholes that she would like to see closed. >> are you talking about individual or corporate? >> yeah, on the individual side. >> on the individual side i would suggest that people have a certain amount of deductions they can take and they can choose how to do it. so say we say it's $25,000 or $70,000 or $30,000. they can choose do they want to put home mortgage in there, do they want to put charitable dedd deductions in there. then we limit it that way instead of saying we're going to get rid of the charitable contributions. >> i think that's a good idea. >> so we agree on something, jared
that's one i know president obama has talked about. tim geithner has been adamantly opposed to that. you think that's going to happen, jared? >> first of all, the president has a plan to go down to 28%. it does not include territorial. i don't think we're going to go there. nor is anyone interested in repatriation. i would like diana to actually specify -- this is not a got ya. we can talk about this broadening the base. i would like her to specify loopholes that she would like to see...
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barack obama re-elected. not much changed. how can we expect the washington machine, many consider fractured if not paralyzed to get things done? the speaker boehner, mr. president, let's get some stuff going here, but how much of the responsibility lies with him? with speaker boehner, do you think? >> people want cooperation on both sides. the issue at hand will be the fiscal cliff and our budgetary situation. the president's put a proposal forward. it's incumbent on the speaker to say, what they would be willing to do and not simply say, it's not our responsibility. i think people expect everyone to live up to their responsibilities. and one thing that is clear as i moved around the country with the president is that they're hungry for that kind of cooperation. i hope that coming out of this election people will come with a renewed sense of cooperation. because it will take that to solve problems. let me just say one other thing, though, you mentioned that not much has changed. actually what is interesting is you have these
barack obama re-elected. not much changed. how can we expect the washington machine, many consider fractured if not paralyzed to get things done? the speaker boehner, mr. president, let's get some stuff going here, but how much of the responsibility lies with him? with speaker boehner, do you think? >> people want cooperation on both sides. the issue at hand will be the fiscal cliff and our budgetary situation. the president's put a proposal forward. it's incumbent on the speaker to say,...
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the newest and latest from the obama spy department. zero dark thirty is the new video that documents event around the bin laden kill and it's chock full of controversy. c.i.a. opened the door and file to the movie producers. here is a cliff of "zero dark thirty." >> do you really believe this story? >> usama bin laden. yeah. >> what part convinceed you? >> her confidence. >> if you're right, the whole world is going to want in on this. ♪ ♪ >> eric: we're all watching, we're engaged and we'll all want to see that. but kimberly, should the c.i.a. allow hollywood inside their doors, inside their files? what is the up side? >> kimberly: there isn't up side except people who produce the movie will get paid and investors are lucky enough to get in on it financially will be paid off. people are entertained but to what expense to our national security? this is a movie they should haven't had the access to the file torse documents. jeopardize potential operation in field. now it's reckless, irresponsible and glorify the administration for a
the newest and latest from the obama spy department. zero dark thirty is the new video that documents event around the bin laden kill and it's chock full of controversy. c.i.a. opened the door and file to the movie producers. here is a cliff of "zero dark thirty." >> do you really believe this story? >> usama bin laden. yeah. >> what part convinceed you? >> her confidence. >> if you're right, the whole world is going to want in on this. ♪ ♪ >>...